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BlaisAmon
BlaisAmon
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November 3, 2022
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QR code sizing issue

  • November 3, 2022
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I need two URL link QR codes on the same page, side by side. Since the URLs differ in lenght the two codes are just different enough in size that the alignment looks off. There's no way to fix this or is there?

Is there no way to crop the codes' frame to their actual dimensions or pull them out of there somehow?

    Correct answer Eugene Tyson

    The real problem/fault is that the codes come in a frame and that the codes themselves have some sort of margin included/embeded. I'm guessing this is the safety margin for the codes to be readable, but as a result it is impossible to accurately (re)size and/or align them, and I would honestly see no reason why ID could not have a setting to override that.


    QR codes were added some time ago and I don't think they were ever really improved upon.

     

    Report bugs or make a feature request
    https://indesign.uservoice.com/

     

    I do recommend Barcode Studio though. 
    But there are plenty of QR code generators out there for free that might be better.

     

    As mentioned they are just in graphic frames

     

    In the file I sent you

    Go to Window>Styles>Object Styles

    You'll see the QR ObjectStyle I created

     

    And increase the crop amount

     

     

    This gets it close to the edge of the frame. 

    It's not perfect. But I assume as you do it's to do with a hidden setting for a quiet zone for the barcode.

     

    If it's that important then I really think you should find a QR generator that can do what you need.

     

     

     

     

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 4, 2022

    Create 1 QR code at the size you want

    Set the Frame Fitting Options

     

     

    Duplicate the QR code

    Go to 

     

     

    And insert your new URL. 

     

     

    You can set the QR code frame as an Object Style

     

    So if you wanted to increase or decrease the size you can easily

     

     

     

    And it would apply to all QR codes.

     

     

    Spacing might be problematic - but you could anchor the QR codes in a text frame.

    And then the spacing would be the same all the time. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BlaisAmon
    BlaisAmonAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    November 4, 2022

    Thanks, I have tried all that, and cannot produce accurate results, the two QR codes cannot be the same size, nor can they be spaced or aligned properly this way, which I find is a major flaw of Adobe's QR tools.

    (Your final image has decent enough results, but in my case I have two additional lines of 90 degrees rotated text units between the two codes (indicating two languages), and it all looks messy/inaccurate, every code/object looks mis-aligned and mis-spaced.)

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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    November 4, 2022

    You can absolutely do it - no problem. 

    I've demonstrated it perfectly here. 

     

    Can you attach a sample document - I will try set it up for you. 

    Or maybe others will also try.

     

    It can be done.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Legend
      November 3, 2022

      Can you not just scale the codes to be the same visual size?

       

      BlaisAmon
      BlaisAmonAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      November 4, 2022

      Yes and no, it's doable, but takes way too much time to produce inaccurate results, not an option for 40+ pages ...

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